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He held her in his arms, a stray tear making its way spiraling down his cheek. She sobbed gently against him, the silent heaving of her body felt against his. He wanted so badly to kiss her, to be with her. But his time was up and he was no longer a man.

"Mina" he said softly into her ear. "You have to let me go. This can't go on. You can't go on forever wishing and hoping for me to be yours. Its impossible…I can't"

"Oh, but Yaten!" she cried helplessly. "Please don't let me go. Please don't say this is the end. Take me with you. Let us spend the rest of our lives in pure delight for we shall be together forever"

As tempting as this sounding to his ears he pulled apart from her, their embrace died. Now he looked at her sternly and coldly. This was for her own good. This was his way of making her life go back to the way it once had been; without him. This was his way of saying sorry.

"Mina you can't come with me. Your home is here on earth. Your duty is to be a sailor scout, sailor Venus the sailor soldier of love. Your job is to protect your princess. Mine is to protect mine. Mina. Sailor Venus. You can't come with me…I don't love you"

Without a sound more tears made their way down Mina's delicate face, the beauty more immense than ever. And although he himself was not her, he could feel her heart breaking as was his.

"I know you're only trying to protect me" she said hopefully, wishfully. "But you don't need to. No matter what we should be together"

Yaten wished he could listen to the words she was speaking but he knew he couldn't. He had to destroy any emotional bondage that was left between them.

"I'm not lying" he said sternly. "I'm not trying to protect you. Mina, I do not love you"

His heart stopped for a mere second as he imagined only a slight fraction of the pain he had just caused her.

But she was silent, her mouth slightly ajar. Gentle tears now turned into a wave of emotion as she turned and ran.

As he watched her leave, to continue and better her life he imagined what life would have been like other wise if he too had not had to go home to protect his own princess.

"Mina…" he said silently to himself.